Bass Viol

At the beginning of November Old Man Wizard released their first album, Unfavorable. I’ve known the guys from Old Man Wizard for sometime (the bassist & I did our four years of music school together), and I even remember when they formed. From the start I had enjoyed Old Man Wizard. Their songs always had a good sense of development, and they combine the timbres of metal music with an extensive harmonic vocabulary and melodic interest. Additionally Old Man Wizard’s songs portray the events and lives of human beings and age-old professions, rather than vague, abstract concepts.Continue reading →